I'm having a blast with NASSP. Have simulated Apollo 11 up through TD&E following the included MCC scenario and checklists. Love it!
One problem though: I can't seem to get the CMC to fire the RCS. e.g. trying a Verb 49 attitude maneuver, I enter the target RPY angles, hit PRO, and see 06 18 come up on the DSKY. The FDAI needles show the target attitude a bit off from where I am now. But no thrusters fire to get me there.
I was able to complete the TD&E maneuvers by putting SC CONT in SCS and using the numpad to manually do all the rotations.
But I'd like to figure out what is going wrong with my CMC autopilot. (briefly trying an SPS burn in an Apollo 8 MCC scenario didn't work either, with the same symptoms - everything goes fine up until it's supposed to fire RCS).
I believe I have all the switches in the proper place (RCS powered & pressurized, SC CONT - CMC, CMC MODE - AUTO, MANUAL ATTITUDE - RATE CMD etc). Maybe some kind of AGC malfunction? Is there something I need to do with the on-screen THC or the Orbiter keyboard controls? (I have no joystick, keyboard only)
I'm using the NASSP-V8.0-Alpha-Orbiter2016-1305 release and Orbiter 2016 SVN beta from this weekend.
One problem though: I can't seem to get the CMC to fire the RCS. e.g. trying a Verb 49 attitude maneuver, I enter the target RPY angles, hit PRO, and see 06 18 come up on the DSKY. The FDAI needles show the target attitude a bit off from where I am now. But no thrusters fire to get me there.
I was able to complete the TD&E maneuvers by putting SC CONT in SCS and using the numpad to manually do all the rotations.
But I'd like to figure out what is going wrong with my CMC autopilot. (briefly trying an SPS burn in an Apollo 8 MCC scenario didn't work either, with the same symptoms - everything goes fine up until it's supposed to fire RCS).
I believe I have all the switches in the proper place (RCS powered & pressurized, SC CONT - CMC, CMC MODE - AUTO, MANUAL ATTITUDE - RATE CMD etc). Maybe some kind of AGC malfunction? Is there something I need to do with the on-screen THC or the Orbiter keyboard controls? (I have no joystick, keyboard only)
I'm using the NASSP-V8.0-Alpha-Orbiter2016-1305 release and Orbiter 2016 SVN beta from this weekend.